The Isango Ensemble, one of the world’s most unusual, interesting and important theater and opera companies, doesn’t distinguish between African theater and European opera. Nor does the company from ...

Mozart’s story has captivated audiences for centuries: the child prodigy who became an adult genius, shaped by a domineering father and immortalised in countless retellings, most notably Milos Foreman ...

Sharpe was struck by a realisation while filming a scene where Mozart was playing the piano. He and director Alice Seabright ...

Colorado pianist Katie Mahan in front of a portrait of Mozart's mother, Anna Maria Pertl. Where did Mozart get his musical talent? History has long pointed to his father, Leopold. Leopold was a ...

Most opera lovers and classical music fans are familiar with the story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his operas. But few know the colorful life of Lorenzo Da Ponte, who served as the librettist on ...

Is being a genius a blessing or a curse? This is a lingering question for the audience of the musical, "Mozart!" which illuminates the vicissitudes of the musical genius' life. His unparalleled ...

Maria Anna Mozart was a musical prodigy just like her younger brother Wolfgang. Although the children toured Europe together, once Maria Anna came of age, she was left behind while her brother became ...

A long-lost letter by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has been found in the archives of a prominent French family. Unlike the new piece of Mozart music that recently turned up, this handwritten note, which ...

Something about the life of Mozart seems to inspire dramatists to make things up. First there was Amadeus, a play (and then a movie) in which the composer was murdered by a rival in the Hapsburg court ...